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re: Amendments just added to Protect College Sports Act may have just blown up the ACC
Posted on 8/7/26 at 6:56 pm to armytiger96
Posted on 8/7/26 at 6:56 pm to armytiger96
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At least this is my understanding. I'm not an attorney but would be curious on how this would work in reality once the law is passed and signed by the Executive Branch.
Yes, once passed laws are laws unless they are declared unconstitutional. Judges cannot simply say, "I don't like this law and so I overturn it." They must be able to state how it violates some constitutional statute or protected right. Some judges may stretch things in order to strike down a law they don't agree with, but that's what higher courts are supposed to be there to prevent or undo.
Posted on 8/7/26 at 7:09 pm to TheTideMustRoll
And what are the odds that a law which restrains people, players and apparently now coaches, from freely moving to a new and better position survives judicial scrutiny under restraint of trade and antitrust regulations that have been in place for generations? Zero.
I will remind you again that the operative Supreme Court case here was decided 9-0, a shutout, liberals and conservatives united.
The people who are pushing this bill don’t give six s**ts about college sports, they’re doing this because it’s an election year and they think they can get some votes from enraged college sports fans who want to go back to the days when room, tuition and board was sufficient for athletes.
That world is gone forever and the only way to fix the new world and ensure that it will continue to exist is to rein in the Wild West transfer portal, and the only way to do that is through a collective agreement between the schools/conferences and the players that is to both sides’ advantage. Period. No knight in shining armor is going to ride in on a white horse from Congress or anywhere else and ordain to these uppity players who’s running things.
I will remind you again that the operative Supreme Court case here was decided 9-0, a shutout, liberals and conservatives united.
The people who are pushing this bill don’t give six s**ts about college sports, they’re doing this because it’s an election year and they think they can get some votes from enraged college sports fans who want to go back to the days when room, tuition and board was sufficient for athletes.
That world is gone forever and the only way to fix the new world and ensure that it will continue to exist is to rein in the Wild West transfer portal, and the only way to do that is through a collective agreement between the schools/conferences and the players that is to both sides’ advantage. Period. No knight in shining armor is going to ride in on a white horse from Congress or anywhere else and ordain to these uppity players who’s running things.
Posted on 8/7/26 at 8:17 pm to BreakawayZou83
Why wouldn’t teams just create a new conference and pull of the ACC, Big 12 teams they want to join it. It’s not a P4 conference so no limitations. 
Posted on 8/7/26 at 8:24 pm to Geauxgurt
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Why wouldn’t teams just create a new conference and pull of the ACC, Big 12 teams they want to join it.
FSU and Miami people told her they want out. They don't care about the rest.
Posted on 8/13/26 at 6:10 pm to InkStainedWretch
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The US Supreme Court decision that opened the door for where we are was 9-0 and a couple of justices signaled that they were ready to go even farther toward the athletes’ side. Fans can get on message boards and hope and pray all they want to for the old way to return, but it’s not going to return because in the eyes of the law this is a business just like any other business, it’s not different or special, and it is going to be subject to the same laws as any other business.
quote:Violated an enacted law by withholding certain educational benefits not the constitution. Laws can be changed by Congress which is what the protect college sports act is attempting to do.
in NCAA v. Alston,5 the Supreme Court upheld a district court ruling that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules limiting education-related compensation violated section 1 of the Sherman Act.
quote:https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-135/ncaa-v-alston/
Prior to Alston, the rules limited compensation to the cost of attendance,10 meaning they served to restrict not only benefits unrelated to education, but also benefits tied to education, such as postgraduate scholarships, vocational school scholarships, expenses related to study abroad, and posteligibility internships.11 These rules had largely escaped direct legal challenge since 1984, when the Supreme Court stated in NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
… Prior to Alston, the Supreme Court had not definitively stated whether the NCAA’s compensation rules were subject to the rule of reason test under the Sherman Act;52 now that the Court has clarified that they are, the remaining restrictions on compensation cannot pass scrutiny. Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence already raised serious concerns about the legality of the remaining rules by arguing that the NCAA cannot justify restricting compensation “by calling it product definition.”
This post was edited on 8/14/26 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 8/13/26 at 6:21 pm to InkStainedWretch
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And what are the odds that a law which restrains people, players and apparently now coaches, from freely moving to a new and better position survives judicial scrutiny under restraint of trade and antitrust regulations that have been in place for generations? Zero.
Because that judicial scrutiny is currently based on an older existing law and would have to change if the law is changed by Congress.
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I will remind you again that the operative Supreme Court case here was decided 9-0, a shutout, liberals and conservatives united.
I will remind you that the ruling on educational benefits was based on the Sherman Act which like any existing law can be changed or even completely revoked by Congress which the judges would then have to apply those changes to any court cases that follow.
Unless you find some ruling that is applying the constitution to what you claim your statement is ignoring how the 3 branches of govt work under that same Constitution.
Posted on 8/14/26 at 12:24 am to WestCoastAg
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The GORs still exist
I thought if they got enough to agree to leave, the GOR dissolves.
Posted on 8/14/26 at 9:29 am to Fun Bunch
So, we are going to boil down to a 40 team super league that has a 16 team playoff.
The other ~100 D1 schools will be real amateur sports / scholarship situations….while the new 40 will be minor league sports.
Some schools are going to get burned - the fun is about to start.
The other ~100 D1 schools will be real amateur sports / scholarship situations….while the new 40 will be minor league sports.
Some schools are going to get burned - the fun is about to start.
Posted on 8/14/26 at 9:30 am to KillTheGophers
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So, we are going to boil down to a 40 team super league that has a 16 team playoff.
So . . . the NFL?
Posted on 8/14/26 at 9:40 am to Swagga
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Of note: the author of the amendment represents the area FSU and Miami are located.
Posted on 8/15/26 at 12:22 pm to chalmetteowl
US Congress can invalidate contracts as it pleases. It’s just state and local governments that can’t blow up contracts under the contracts clause of the Constitution. (Actually the contract clause only explicitly mentions state governments, but it’s been held to apply to local governments too.)
This post was edited on 8/15/26 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 8/15/26 at 12:29 pm to Fun Bunch
College athletics is dead at this point. Who really cares?
Posted on 8/15/26 at 12:34 pm to dallastigers
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Sherman Act
Authored by Sen. John Sherman of Ohio, younger brother of William T. Sherman, first president of LSU
Posted on 8/15/26 at 12:57 pm to TheOcean
Id feel the same if I had any connection to Florida State since for all intents and purposes it is dead for yall considering where the sport is going and how yall have no place in it :(
Posted on 8/15/26 at 1:33 pm to Fun Bunch
West coast schools don’t belong in the ACC. Ridiculous waste of travel time and expense.
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